The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-30
lower end of this basin, but it was des-

has been erected in It's place. The gey-
sers are located on a plateau and in the
basin below it. There are probably 25
in the basin, and these play from III to
% feet in height. The Constant" the
largest Of these, is very frequent and &C.
cupies a position near the center of the
basin. On the plateau is the Steam
Valve, Mud Geyser, Minute Man, Growl.
er, New Crater, Vixen and Monarch.
The former of these is small and makes
a noise similar TO that of steam escaping
from a locomotive. The mud Reyser, al
though small, is considered by many TO
be the prettiest one in this basin. 1t
plays at intervals of twenty minutes and
is lead colored. The formations around
its mouth are very beautiful, being Of
the same color. The Vixen and New
Crater are small one. The Growler is
sImilar to the Steam Valve except that
it plays a small stream of water. The
Monarch, unlike any other geyser in the
Park, is situated in a cavern, which is
near so feet across and several feet deep.
It's mouth is a narrow niche in the rock
and several feet in length. 1t also plays
at intervals of every nine hours. The
water forms a solid column, the width Of
the crater at the bottom and then slopes
in until it reaches a fine point at the
height of 70 feet. The first eruption
l,at. a,,,arI ,,,npNoa o,I aarh appnnaJ-
ing one grows shorter. 1t usually plays
from ten to twenty minutes. The Min
ute Man plays regular at the expiration
Of 60 seconds and is very pretty although
small. Emerald Pool is a boiling spring
containing six different colors Of water.
II and the Peerless are near the Mon
arch geyser.
Ten miles from here, on the Cooke
City road, is Specimen Ridge and Tower
Fails. These points are not included in
the tourists route, but many 60 there to
gather specimens. The petrifactions
there are very fine and beautiful crystals
may be obtained by breaking into the
petrified pines. 1t is also claimed that
the petrifed birds there sing petritied
songs, but We would not be willing to
7ouch for the truth of this statement.
After leaving Norris, nothing of spec
ial interest is to be seen until you reach
Mt. Schurz. Or the top of this noun
tain, about 900 feet above the road, are
the Monumental geysers. They are
seven in number. At a distance enc of
them resembles a M astiff lying with his
head turned to one side. Another, a
monument, and one a chimney. They
are all small and hardly worth making
the ascent to see. The formations around
them are very thin and quite danger.
GUS to walk over. Several paint pots are
also situated near them.
Gibbon Falls are situated in Gibbon
canon, four miles from Mt. Schurz. Leav-
ing the Main road you descend what
seems a solid wall of rock which would
be very difficult to descend were it not
for the thick growth of pine on it's side.
At the bottom of the bottom Of this
mon are the falls. They are "a feet
high and about one.half that distance
IN width, At the left The water falls
almost perIendicularly. In the center
it falls so slowly as to be hardly notice.
able and looks like numberless threads
of cotton woven over the rock. At the
right it makes a turn in the rock and
then empties into a large caver at the
foot of the falls.
Riverside or the Fire Hole Basin con.
tains three geysers and one paint pot II
also has two hotels situated at the lower
end of the basin. The Fountain, the
lar. est one of the geysers in this basin
plays every four hours and forms a solid
column SO feet high and about ten il
width. A strong wind is usually blow
ing in this basin. which partially des
troys the beauty Of the geysers, when il
play, as they are blown away befor'
reaching their full height. The Jet ant
Vixen are small one which cease when
ever the Fountain commences to play
Near the geysers is the Mammoth Pain
pot, the largest in the Park. At one en-
are a half dozen small pink pyramid
and at the farther end a large whit
one The substance composing thes
pyramids is soft and crumbly. The pc
l is about 25 feet across and filed with
3 a substance resembling Stacked lime. ]
is boiling in many places and CONSTANT,
I growing thicker. Five miles farther o
e is what was originally "IIell's HaI
Acre." but now a tract containing man
acres. OFFS morning, when the steam
a 80 dense as to make travel in the yicil
g ity of the geysers almost impossible,
J. comes as near resembling its namesal
l as anything we could imagine. 1t is
level plateau containg n geyser an
n several springs. The Excelsior, Il
is largest geyser in the world, is situate
e near the lower end Of the basin. 1t
e probably 100 feet across and several fe
N deep. The steam is 80 dense that "
d can soc its center only at intervals.
Oh has not erupted since June 1882, al
or very few have ever witnessed any OF
" eruptions. The last time it erupted
y. party of tourists, camped six miles avs
er were awakened by terrible roar. I
I'd next morning, on going down to it tn
n found large boulders lying all arour
lie and the Fire Hole river running near
all was raised oyer four feet. The Ora
al Prismatic Spring. close to the Exc
es sior-ls by far the finest spring in I
Park. Every color imaginable is rep
re- sented in the water forming this spril
ge Beginning at the edge and as far as
eye can reach you see a combination
an green, yellow, purple, blue, black, r
nd pink, brown, &c. Near this spring
n two smaller ones, Into one OF thes
In large pine tree has fallen. 1t is coyei
ess with a thick coating and hangs suspeI
Rid cd by two lodges of formation.
'ru surface of this spring is purple, vi
yer the the formations at the edges ar
1t crystal and blue. The other spring
eat very odd. 1t is funnel shaped ant
ted the sides slope in they change colors
oil ing first a black and then white
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